Display the current mode
The easiest way to do that is to run this command as the file system owner. If you have shared hosting, this is the user your provider gives you to log in to the server. If you have a private server, it is typically a local user account on the Commerce server.
Command usage:
bin/magento deploy:mode:show
A message similar to the following displays:
Current application mode: {mode}. (Note: Environment variables may override this value.)
where:
{mode}
can be eitherdefault
,developer
, orproduction
Change modes
Command usage:
bin/magento deploy:mode:set {mode} [-s|--skip-compilation]
where:
-
{mode}
is required; it can be eitherdeveloper
orproduction
-
--skip-compilation
is an optional parameter you can use to skip code compilation when you change to production mode.
Examples follow.
Change to production mode
bin/magento deploy:mode:set production
Messages similar to the following display:
Enabled maintenance mode
Requested languages: en_US
=== frontend -> Magento/luma -> en_US ===
... more ...
Successful: 1884 files; errors: 0
---
=== frontend -> Magento/blank -> en_US ===
... more ...
Successful: 1828 files; errors: 0
---
=== adminhtml -> Magento/backend -> en_US ===
... more ...
---
=== Minify templates ===
... more ...
Successful: 897 files modified
---
New version of deployed files: 1440461332
Static content deployment complete
Gathering css/styles-m.less sources.
Successfully processed LESS and/or Sass files
CSS deployment complete
Generated classes:
Magento\Sales\Api\Data\CreditmemoCommentInterfacePersistor
Magento\Sales\Api\Data\CreditmemoCommentInterfaceFactory
Magento\Sales\Api\Data\CreditmemoCommentSearchResultInterfaceFactory
Magento\Sales\Api\Data\CreditmemoComment\Repository
Magento\Sales\Api\Data\CreditmemoItemInterfacePersistor
... more ...
Compilation complete
Disabled maintenance mode
Enabled production mode.
Change to developer mode
When you change from production to developer mode, you should clear generated classes and Object Manager entities like proxies to prevent unexpected errors. After doing so, you can change modes. Use the following steps:
-
If you are changing from production mode to developer mode, delete the contents of the
generated/code
andgenerated/metadata
directories:rm -rf <magento_root>/generated/metadata/* <magento_root>/generated/code/*
-
Set the mode:
bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer
The following message displays:
Enabled developer mode.
Change to default mode
bin/magento deploy:mode:set default
The following message displays:
Enabled default mode.
Run CLI commands from anywhere
Run CLI commands from anywhere.
If you have not added <Commerce-install-directory>/bin
to your system PATH
, then you can expect an error when running the command by itself.